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30 January, 14:55

Marine science sascha notices that sweat sticks to her arm and takes some time to fully dry. what property of water prevents the sweat from drying at a faster rate? high specific heat capacity * low specific heat capacity high heat of vaporization low heat of vaporization

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  1. 30 January, 15:03
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    Start with two facts about water. 1) Water has a high specific heat capacity and 2) water has a high heat of vaporization. So you can discard the other two answers.

    The specific heat capacity is the amount of heat that a substance need to increase its temperature 1 °C. The bigger the specific heat capacity the more heat is needed to increase the temperature of the substance. Then it is the high specific heat capacity of water what prevents that its temperature increase very rapidly when the sun heats it, which in turn avoids that the water evaporates too fast.

    Then, the answer is the high specific heat capacity.
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